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WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avascent, the leading global aerospace, defense and government technology consultancy, announced today the sale of its defense market analytics business, otherwise known as the Global Platforms & Systems (GPS) subscription service, to Janes, the trusted global agency for open-source defense intelligence.

“We are extremely proud to have grown GPS into the leading source of market forecast data to major defense companies over the past decade,” said Steve Irwin, Avascent President. “We understand that to compete in the increasingly crowded data subscription market requires continual investment in new capabilities and data resources. Through the course of extensive discussions, we concluded that selling the business would best serve the interests of Avascent, our clients, and the GPS team.”

Avascent will continue its central focus on growing and diversifying its consulting services, with an emphasis on broadening its capabilities to address the full spectrum of strategic and management challenges faced by its clients while employing sophisticated methodologies and digital decision-making tools. For over three decades, Avascent has helped corporate leaders, investors, and government agencies meet their objectives and position for success across a range of government-driven market sectors.

Doug Berenson, Avascent Managing Director and head of Avascent Analytics, will support the delivery of GPS through a transitional period to ensure that clients experience no disruption in the quality of the product or the attendant support services. This work is one element of a broader cooperative arrangement between Avascent and Janes designed to identify future joint opportunities to serve their respective clients.

“Given the proven capabilities of the GPS dataset, we will continue to use it in our consulting work and look forward to benefiting from the advancements the Janes team has planned for the tool,” Berenson commented. “Indeed, we anticipate that our deep understanding of the GPS tool and its capabilities will continue to be a source of differentiation while also allowing us to identify collaborative initiatives that capitalize on the best of both companies’ capabilities.”

“GPS brings a highly complementary capability into the Janes ecosystem of connected data that our customers trust in their most critical decisions, ensuring that we will continue to deliver the objective open-source intelligence and analytics that the world of defense and security relies upon,” said Blake Bartlett, CEO of Janes. “I’m also delighted to be establishing a framework for collaboration, ensuring we can optimize our respective solutions to customers where a combination of Janes and Avascent expertise is the right approach.”

ABOUT AVASCENT

Avascent is the leading strategy consulting firm serving clients operating in government-driven markets. Working with corporate leaders and financial investors, Avascent delivers sophisticated, fact-based solutions in the areas of strategic growth, value capture, and mergers and acquisitions support. With deep sector expertise, analytically rigorous consulting methodologies, and a uniquely flexible service model, Avascent provides clients with the insights and advice they need to succeed in dynamic customer environments. To find out more about Avascent, visit: avascent.com.

About Janes (



www.janes.com/whatwedo



)

The Janes stamp of trust means supplying our customers with timely, validated, unbiased and relevant intelligence in a world crowded with increasingly unreliable information. With an unmatched legacy of more than 120 years, Janes has adapted, expanded, and developed its unique tradecraft while transitioning from a traditional military publisher to the leading global agency for open-source defense intelligence.

Janes was started by naval enthusiast Fred T. Jane in 1898 to document the world’s fighting ships. Janes has since evolved into a provider of unique, proprietary open-source data, with a global team of almost 400 subject matter experts delivering analysis spanning 41,000 pieces of equipment across air, land and sea, and more than 600,000 events that impact risk or security. Janes became an independent business in December 2019 under the ownership of Montagu Private Equity.

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Cate Walsh
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NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — COTERIE, Informa Markets Fashion’s contemporary and advanced contemporary womenswear trade event, announced today the appointment of Courtney Bradarich, née Bonnell, as VP of Events. Courtney joins COTERIE with over 15 years of fashion trade experience, bringing a specialized background in contemporary and advanced contemporary markets, lending to deeply rooted relationships and demonstrated expertise in strategizing upmarket plans with omnichannel solutions.

As recent co-founder and president at Favors Agency, a full-service brand and business development consulting firm, Bradarich provided strategic advisory to fashion companies seeking US market entry and expansion. Bradarich consulted notable American brands such as Collina Strada, Dusen Dusen, international brands Minkpink and Cacharel, as well as advised government trade organizations, including Fashion Federation of Singapore, Thai Trade Office, and Consulate General of Canada on market trends, tactics, and strategic go-to market programs. Prior to launching Favors, Courtney held the title of Women’s Show Director at Capsule, a US-based men’s and women’s tradeshow, where she led the womenswear division to include shows in New York City, Paris, Las Vegas, and Berlin.

“We are thrilled to bring Courtney on board to lead the COTERIE team,” says Kelly Helfman, Commercial President of Informa Markets Fashion. “Courtney’s extensive market experience in providing forward thinking growth strategies to both domestic and international brands and contemporary retailers will be a great addition to the consultative and collaborative approach of the COTERIE team; forging new upmarket partnerships while strengthening and better positioning existing ones.”

Bringing both physical and digital marketplaces to the fashion industry, COTERIE gathers the most prominent contemporary womenswear fashion, footwear, and accessories brands with retail buyers from the United States and other worldwide markets. Expanding its event portfolio in fall of 2020, COTERIE introduced its digital trade event, which will return in early 2021 to offer a synergistic hybrid model of digital and physical events, in parallel to Informa Markets Fashion’s other apparel platforms of MAGIC, PROJECT, MICAM Americas and apparel sourcing and supply chain event, SOURCING at MAGIC.

“At my very first job in Fashion over 15 years ago, I showed at COTERIE, so this is a major moment in my career,” says Courtney Bradarich, VP of Events at COTERIE. “COTERIE is the authority in B2B womenswear. I’m thrilled to join Informa Markets Fashion and the COTERIE team to bring an intimate understanding of brands’ and retailers’ goals and challenges, as we establish forward-thinking initiatives that address the modern and evolving goals of our customers.”

COTERIE’s live and digital event dates for 2021 will be announced in the coming weeks. For more information on COTERIE, please visit: https://www.coteriefashionevents.com/en/home.html

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BOUT COTERIE

COTERIE is the premier contemporary and advanced contemporary womenswear platform that bridges women’s apparel and accessories designers to an elite list of domestic and international retailers, influencers, and media. COTERIE’s physical and digital events build exclusive experiences and create a collaborative environment that fuels commerce and connectivity, while inspiring upmarket trends.

ABOUT INFORMA MARKETS

Informa Markets creates platforms for industries and specialist markets to trade, innovate and grow. We provide marketplace participants around the globe with opportunities to engage, experience and do business through face-to-face exhibitions, targeted digital services and actionable data solutions. We connect buyers and sellers across more than a dozen global verticals, including Pharmaceuticals, Food, Medical Technology and Infrastructure. As the world’s leading market-making company, we bring a diverse range of specialist markets to life, unlocking opportunities and helping them to thrive 365 days of the year. For more information, please visit www.informamarkets.com.

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Golar LNG’s 3^rd Quarter 2020 results will be released before the NASDAQ opens on Monday, November 30, 2020. In connection with this a webcast presentation will be held at 3:00 P.M (London Time) on Monday, November 30, 2020. The presentation will be available to download from the Investor Relations section at www.golarlng.com

Due to ongoing high levels of demand for their services, our platform providers highly recommended that participants join the conference call via the listen-only live webcast link provided. Sell-side analysts interested in raising a question during the Q&A session that will immediately follow the presentation should access the event via the conference call dial-in information below. Call handling may take longer than usual.  You should therefore dial in 10-15 minutes prior to the start time.

Information on how to ask questions will be given at the beginning of the Q&A session. There will be a limit of two questions per participant.

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Go to the Investors, Results Centre section at www.golarlng.com and click on the link to “Webcast”. To listen to the conference call from the web, you need to have installed Windows Media Player, and you need to have a sound card on your computer.

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Participants will be asked to clearly state their name and provide the conference ID. The Golar conference ID is 8169596

Please download the presentation material from www.golarlng.com (Investors, Results Centre) to view it while listening to the conference.

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NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Zhang Investor Law announces a class action lawsuit on behalf of shareholders who bought shares of JOYY Inc. (NASDAQ: YY) between April 28, 2016 and November 18, 2020, inclusive (the “Class Period”).

To join the class action, go to http://zhanginvestorlaw.com/join-action-form/?slug=joyy-inc&id=2491 or call Sophie Zhang, Esq. toll-free at 800-991-3756 or email [email protected] for information on the class action.

如果您想加入这个集体诉讼案，请在这里提交您的信息。http://zhanginvestorlaw.com/join-action-form/?slug=joyy-inc&id=2491

If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court before the January 19, 2021 DEADLINE.  A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. 

According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that; JOYY dramatically overstated its revenues from live streaming sources; the majority of users at any given time were bots; the Company utilized these bots to effect a roundtripping scheme that manufactured the false appearance of revenues; the Company overstated its cash reserves; the Company’s acquisition of Bigo was largely contrived to benefit corporate insiders; and as a result, defendants’ public statements were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.

Lead plaintiff status is not required to seek compensation.  You may retain counsel of your choice.  You may remain an absent class member and take no action at this time.

Zhang Investor Law represents investors worldwide. Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

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NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Wall Street Reporter, the trusted name in financial news since 1843, has published reports on the latest comments and insights from leaders at: Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY), Icanic Brands (OTC: ICNAF) (CSE: ICAN), Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB)(TSX: ACB), and Canopy Growth Corporation (NASDAQ: CGC) (TSX: WEED).

Cannabis leaders are focusing on innovation in premium branding, global expansion, and tight operational execution in the drive towards profitability. Wall Street Reporter highlights the latest comments from industry thought leaders:

Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ: TLRY) CEO, Brendan Kennedy: 
“Europe Cannabis is Next Big Growth Opportunity”

“…We are operating in an efficient manner across our entire business, global medical cannabis, Canadian adult use-cannabis and global hemp. With the completion of our significant cost reductions, we are now poised to leverage our cost structure and ensure we are one of the global winners in this industry. We have ample cash availability on our ATM to execute our strategy…With our infrastructure in place, we will continue to focus on building brands and developing products that resonate with consumers and established Tilray as the most trusted cannabis and hemp company in the world.”

“…I think that we’ll see possibly the entire EU legalize cannabis for medical-use over the course of the next, let’s call it, 18 months…We are committed to long-term profitable growth in Europe as regulations continue to change and country markets develop…We are continuing to see increases in both the number of patients in Germany with cannabis prescriptions, as well as the number of doctors who are writing prescriptions for these patients… We believe that we are effectively building brand awareness similar to the way that we did in Canada four years ago and expect to see continued patient and revenue growth given Germany’s large population base. In fact, we believe that the adoption curve in Germany is occurring at a faster pace compared to Canada during 2014 and 2015. Recently, we have seen a number of competitors either cease European operations or significantly reduced their presence there. We believe this will become a long-term strategic advantage for Tilray. The commitments we have made to the EU market with our Portugal GMP campus and regional leadership team based in Germany, position us well to continue to capture market share in Germany and more broadly in Europe…”

Tilray, Inc. (NASDAQ:
TLRY
) Earnings Call Highlights:


https://bit.ly/3m2MqdY

Icanic Brands (OTC: ICNAF) (CSE: ICAN) CEO Brandon Kou: “Ready to Scale with Quality Brands, and a Superior Gross Margin Profile”

Icanic Brands (OTC: ICNAF) (CSE: ICAN) was recently a featured presenter at Wall Street Reporter’s “Investors Discovery Day” livestream event. ICNAF is a leader in the California market, and specifically in the pre-rolled space, with its award-winning, “Ganja Gold” brand, sold in hundreds of retail outlets. A key component of ICNAF’s success is it’s pre-roll manufacturing technologies which produce consistent, high-quality pre rolls at high gross margins – a major competitive advantage in the cannabis industry.

Watch ICNAF Investors Discovery Day Livestream Video:


https://bit.ly/3p3t36n

In his livestream presentation, ICNAF CEO Brandon Kou outlines the company’s growth strategy, based on a “three pillar approach”: sales platform, technology, and vertical integration which lead to a superior gross margin profile. With a profitable foundation established, ICNAF is now at an inflection point where it’s ready to start scaling revenues and expand with strategic M&A opportunities. VIDEO: https://bit.ly/3p3t36n

November 10 – Ganja Gold has been recognized by LeafLink as Fastest Growing pre-rolls in the nation. LeafLink analyzes orders between 1,700+ cannabis brands and 5,500+ retailers, in North America. The Fastest-Growing categories represent the most popular brands and products on the platform in 2020.

October 29 – ICNAF announces expansion to new facility in Concord, California, increasing manufacturing capacity for its pre-roll brands. Over the past 12 months, ICNAF has seen a significant increased demand for its pre-roll brands (Ganja Gold and Taylors) and the addition of automation equipment that has been sourced and developed to keep up with the demand requires a much larger physical manufacturing facility.

Watch ICNAF Investors Discovery Day Livestream Video:


https://bit.ly/3p3t36n

Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) (TSX: ACB) CEO, Miguel Martin: “Focused on Delivering ‘Quality Revenue’ through Premium Brands”

“…the consumer has demonstrated very dynamic tendencies with market share moving very quickly between brands, unlike in more stable CPG categories. This provides us with a great opening for our pivot to premium brands….Data from Canada and other mature markets indicate that premium and super premium brands have been and will continue to be successful in all formats. Therefore, Aurora has a real opportunity for a more articulated and balanced portfolio offering with a greater focus on higher margin and sustainable premium assets, such as vapes, pre-rolls and premium flower offerings across multiple price tiers….

We are also working to expand our leading concentrates and to refocus our dried flower business toward higher gross profit dollar pools…The key of course, is to ensure that in doing so we are delivering more dollars to the gross profit line versus simply just delivering low margin revenue. We are therefore much more interested in our market share within premium and super premium categories, along with our market share of categories, such as vapor, pre-rolls and concentrates that are margin accretive compared to our market share in the deep discount flower business…our intention is to generate not just revenue but quality revenue, that will deliver a healthy gross profit dollar as opposed to essentially just a gross margin percentage.”

Aurora Cannabis (NYSE: ACB) Earnings Call Highlights:


https://bit.ly/3lgMGWB

Canopy Growth Corporation (NASDAQ: CGC) (TSX: WEED), CEO David Klein:
“Momentum is Building – On Path to Profitability”

“…Momentum is building across our key businesses as our new strategy is coming to fruition. We achieved record quarterly revenue in Q2 led by our Canadian recreational business and strength across our strategic businesses, including Storz & Bickel, This Works in BioSteel…We’re continuing to improve execution and agility. Our fill rates are now consistently exceeding 90%, our flower quality improvement program is generating positive results, and we’ve improved our new product development process to allow us to bring better products to market faster…We’re accelerating our path to profitability, notably in our largest market, Canada…I’m confident that we’re now firmly on a path to achieve positive adjusted EBITDA at some point next fiscal year.”

“We’re building a portfolio of scalable brands across cannabis and CPG. Our goal is to become a cannabis-focused CPG company. We’re bringing our THC brands such as Tweed and Houseplant into the U.S. market through multi-state operator relationships or CBD line extensions. We’re growing new-to-world CBD brands, such as Martha Stewart, to meet consumer needs. We’re establishing routes to market with our CPG brands such as BioSteel, This Works, and Storz & Bickel. These are strong brands in their own right with distinct value propositions. Building these brands today allows us to generate revenues without the headwinds of regulatory challenges. And then, we plan to line extend these brands into CBD or even THC as regulations evolve.We will layer in additional brands over time, which will create further scale with our existing distribution networks and further build our relationships with retailers…”

Canopy Growth (NASDAQ: CGC) Earnings Call Highlights:


https://bit.ly/32y4Ag1

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ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vlad and Niki Vashketov, the global superstar siblings of the highest rated boys channel on YouTube that bears their names, are expanding their universe by joining forces with Entertainment Retail Enterprises (ERE) and Evode Group Ltd. to bring exclusive fashion and branded merchandise to preschoolers and their families worldwide. ERE will handle “Vlad & Niki” branded products in the North American market while Evode Group Ltd. will take the lead on international territories such as Europe, Asia and Australia for ecommerce sales and fulfilment rights.

The fastest growing kidfluencer on the planet, “Vlad & Niki” captures more than five billion monthly views on 16 channels in 13 languages with more than 120+ million subscribers worldwide, 57+ million subscribers to the English channel.

The site https://vladandniki.com is a fully immersive “Vlad & Niki” experience where consumers will be able to watch videos, play games and purchase exclusive merchandise including apparel, accessories, drinkware and home goods.

The ERE partnership was formed with the help of Retail Monster who brokered the deal between ERE and the “Vlad & Niki” global licensing agent, Australia-based Haven Global. ERE will work hand-in-hand with the “Vlad & Niki” property to design and create new branded merchandise inspired by the personalities of Vlad and Niki and their programming brand themes of creativity, imagination, discovery, adventure and more.

ERE is a company that specializes in partnering with brands to design and distribute on-trend products to the retail market. Their brand partners include Legendary Whitetails, Krispy Kreme and M&M’s Mars.

“We know that most kids would prefer to wear collections inspired by their favorite YouTube stars. The ERE range of products will be a lifestyle line of fun and trend-right apparel that children would be proud to wear, so they can be like Vlad and Niki,” says Michael Connolly, founder of Retail Monster. “ERE’s best-in-class design and product executions will provide a turn-key e-commerce destination for these YouTube phenomes.”

“ERE believes going direct to the ‘Vlad & Niki’ fan base with fun fashion is especially important,” adds Tina Calvo, CEO of ERE. “We are excited to join the ‘Vlad & Niki’ team to expand their brand in the North American market. We believe building a strong relationship directly with the fan base through the community website is key to long-term engagement and the success of retail.”

The “Vlad & Niki” video-streaming property is created, written and produced by Content Media Group FZC, LLC. For more information visit “Vlad & Niki” on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/vladandniki.

About “Vlad & N
i
ki”

“Vlad & Niki” is the global preschool phenomenon and highest rated boys channel on YouTube starring the imaginative personalities and antics of brothers Vlad and Niki, who are showcased in non-stop fun and crazy adventures. Since launching on YouTube in 2018, the “Vlad & Niki” has attracted more than 120+million subscribers worldwide, 57+ million subscribers to their English Channel and 50+ billion views, while averaging five billion monthly views on 16 channels and translated into 13 languages. Each episode is produced with a creative mix of live action, animation and music to create comedic videos for the preschool demographic. “Vlad & Niki” is the property of Content Media Group FZC, LLC, headed by co-founders Sergey and Victoria Vashketov, the parents of global superstar kidfluencers Vlad and Niki. For more information visit “Vlad & Niki” on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/vladandniki.

About Entertainment Retail Enterprises (ERE):

For over 20 years Entertainment Retail Enterprises has been the leading design and distribution company in destination retail, providing development and manufacturing of licensed and private label merchandise for some of the best known, iconic brands and retailers in the world.

About
Evode
Group Ltd.:

Evode stands for Everything On Demand. A forward-thinking consumer product agency who operate a network of premium on-demand manufacturers across the globe, allowing brands to reach audiences in multiple territories using a direct-to-consumer business model. Evode are championing the reduction of wastage in unsold stock and promoting the use of more sustainable and ethical processes in creating licensed consumer products.

About Haven Global
:

Haven Global is an internationally recognized multi-award winning Australian based licensing agency established over 27 years. Haven Global represents blue chip licensors including Nickelodeon, Sanrio, Sesame Workshop, MGA Entertainment, The Pokémon Company and more for the Australian and New Zealand market, as well as representing global rights for YouTube powerhouse brands including “Vlad & Niki,” and CKN Toys. www.havenglobal.com

About Retail Monster LLC:

Launched by an Executive Team that brings over 70 years of retail, buying, sales, marketing, finance, and licensing experience to its clients, Retail Monster LLC (www.retailmonster.com) utilizes its relationships with best-in-class manufacturers and retailers to deliver strategic licensed programs to shelf. Established in March 2016, Retail Monster operates office locations out of Los Angeles, New York City, Orlando, Bentonville, Ark., and London, England.

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